Home Survival (Needs & Wants)

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Think smart before you start.
Stay Alert – Don’t Get Hurt.

So you want to Bug-In your home. The government says, stay in your home. You place or location is in a quarantine, and you can only go out for basic necessities. You need to survive, what do you need and what are your wants and good to have during these times.

Well in an urban environment or living in a City like Manila, you are living in either 2 scenarios:
1. high/Mid/Low rise condominium or building

2. House/room/bed spacer or House and lot

So when it comes to survival, you got these elements, you have your shelter, you have your cloths and you have some gear or tools (cookware / screw driver or hammer or pliers / knife or utensils)

so you need to focus on 3 additional depending on the situation

1. Water

2. Food

3. Power & Light

any of these 3 or even all of them maybe down, disconnected or not available.

So 1st is store enough water

Buy enough food to last you a Month or More

have an alternative source to generate Power

WATER

Storing water can be done in both buildings and houses in containers of 6 or 8 Litres and can be used for drinking or hygiene. you building should have an overhead tank but it gets distributed to other units as well so its best to store some in containers

In House and lots, you can take this a step further and collect rain water in big barrels.having a Deep Well or even a large overhead tank

FOOD

Buying canned food or noodles is the way to go here in Manila, since finding emergency rations is not only expensive but may not be readily available like in the US
For Cooking LPG Tanks can be stored or if not a lot of space in your apartment or safety is an issue Butane gas and Picnic stoves will work. Even alcohol stove will get you cooking and boiling water.

In House and Lots, you can take this a step further and plant vegetables or even raise chickens or have a fruit baring tree like Coconut, Mango, Kalamansi

for cooking, you can store charcoal, fire wood for your BBQ Grill or even several LPGs for your gas stove

POWER & LIGHT

having power banks and batteries or even car battery with an Inverter would be the way to go. Having a hand crank or even a bicycle cranked power generator can help with charging small power banks. Candles, Torch, Flashlight

In a House and Lot or a place given enough space, you can have Solar Panels, Wind Turbines or even Hydro generators

of course all these can apply in a condominium scenario given you have enough space and sun light.
so all of these takes care of the basics, so now its time for some Wants and good to have items for COMFORT

most of these items work well in a house and lot scenario so i will separate them, however the stuff that works in a condominium will also work in the house and lot

• Condominium

1. a USB Fan (a lot more than a few just to keep cool in the Hot weather of Manila, Unless its rainy season)
2. Games and Entertainment (Board Games / Minimal Gym Equipment)
3. A full Medical Kit
4. Whiskey :-)

• House and Lot

1. 12V Fan (a few units wont hurt)
2. Swimming Pool or Pond or even an Inflatable Pool
3. Outdoor Toilet

Im sure there is a whole load of stuff you guys would prefer to have for comfort

comment below if you think i should add anything to this list that i wont usually have or use if its not an emergency situation.

Think smart before you start.
Stay Alert – Don’t Get Hurt.